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Meaning of ELDRITCH

Pronunciation:  'eldrich

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley
 
 Synonyms: supernatural, uncanny, unearthly, weird
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\El"dritch\, a.
Hideous; ghastly; as, an eldritch shriek or laugh. [Local,
Eng.]
 

 

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